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What’s so great about Doobies? The Philly bar has actually saved 200 cats and even more Bowie fans

Patti Brett glanced up at the tv installed near the ceiling in the corner of Doobies and discharge a squeal.Advertisment of Gallery:”

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he is, “she stated.”He” is David Bowie, shambling throughout

the screen as a goblin king in the 1986 movie Maze. Brett is acknowledged to be among the world’s primary Bowie fans, and her bar, Doobies, is the epicenter of Philly Likes Bowie Week, a volunteer-organized event now in its second year.I admit I never actually understood the appeal of Doobies– a dim, windowless space that’s retained its old-school grit and extremely devoted clientele in the face of the late-stage gentrification of the Southwest Center City neighborhood– up until I visited on Wednesday evening. The event was the bar’s 2nd annual Bowie memorial event. The faithful were gathering to drink beer, draw portraits of the Starman in chalk on a stucco outside wall, and trade stories about the artist who is, a minimum of at Doobies, still very much alive. As I saw 10-year-old Skylar Willenburg( there with his moms and dads)solemnly inform Brett about a David Bowie dream he ‘d had just recently, the draw of Doobies began to make sense.It’s everything about Brett.Over the years, Brett has provided solace to scores of bereaved Bowie fans, saved about 200 felines, and taken in many strays– loners who go to Doobies to find community.The bar didn’t start this method. It opened in 1976 as Slicker Sam’s. Before that, the building housed a jazz bar called Billy’s Bandbox.Brett began spending time there since her good friend Kenn Kweder was a bartender. Her mom, Joan Brett, began working there after it was sold to new owners

, who called the place Doobies.”I make certain they called it what they The diehard Bowie fans in your life. Deserving Scrabble challengers. Traditional jukebox appreciators.Order:

The originalUnique is a Sly Fox pale ale and a shot of Heaven Hill bourbon for$5; the most popular is the Joe, which is $3.75 and swaps the Sly Fox for Yuengling Premium.Bathroom situation:It’s a tight capture to get into the narrow bathroom, however it’s clean enough. Distract yourself by attempting

to makesense of the graffiti covering the door.Sounds like: The jukebox– which, to the unlimited anguish of Brett’s contracted service technician, is analog– is filled with Bowie albums, naturally, together with assorted others: Nick Cave, Duran Duran, the Jayhawks. Even when it’s on, it’s a serene 82 decibels. A year into Trump administration, and still we rise Jan 20-6:23 PM Scenes from the 2018 Women’s March on Philadelphia Jan 20-9:36 PM